Reply #1: "London Can Take It" [View All]

[rwenos]

"One day after luncheon the Chancellor of the Exchequer came to see me on business at No. 10, and we heard a very heavy explosion take place across the river in South London. I took him to see what had happened. The bomb had fallen in Peckham. It was a very big one -- probably a land mine. It had completely destroyed or gutted 20-30 small three-storey houses and cleared a considerable open space. Already a pathetic little Union Jack had been stuck up amid the ruins.
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"There was an enormous crater, perhaps 40 yards across and 20 feet deep. Cocked up at an angle on the very edge was an Anderson shelter, and we were greted at its twisted doorway by a man, his wife and 3 children, quite unharmed. The could give no account of their experiences. When we got back into the car a harsher mood swept over this haggard crowd. "Give it 'em back," they cried, and "Let them have it too." I underook forthwith to see that their wishes were carried out; and this promise was certainly kept. The debt was repaid tenfold, twenty fold, in the frightful bombardment of German cities. Certainly the enemy got it all back in good measure, pressed down and running over."

--Winston Churchill, "Their Finest Hour."

The Brits will get 'em. You watch!